Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne Van Biema Collection

by Donald Keene, Ann Yonemura, Andrew Gerstle

Vivid portraits of Kabuki actors on and off stage, warriors, legendary heroes and heroines; depictions of courage, loyalty, romance, passion, ghosts, dreams, and the beauty of the natural world -- all are encompassed by the prints included in Masterful Illusions . The richly illustrated book includes essays by an international group of scholars that elucidate the historic, economic, and cultural environment of Edo period Japan. Beginning in the early...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295982705
• ISBN13: 9780295982700
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 5.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 9.9" x 12.3"